"Teach me to do Thy will,
For Thou art my God;
Let Thy good Spirit lead me on level ground." Psalm 143:10

Last week we looked into 'teach me to do Thy will', let us now look at Scripture concerning the rest of the verse '...For Thou art my God...'
Because we desire to be taught, we want to see how and when our Divine Leader leads His people.

*He leads in difficult places, for testing:
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 is a wonderful example of God's teaching according to His purpose for His people:
"And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or  not." Vs. 2 His purpose was "...that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord." Vs. 3 (Read 8:1-11 for the account)

*He leads like a mother bird:
Deuteronomy 32:11-12,
"Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
The Lord alone guided him,
And there was no foreign god before him."
(Vs. 9-12 is one of my favorite passages in Scripture. Read it and rejoice.)

*He leads like a shepherd:
"Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron." Psalm 77:20 (Refer to Psalm 23 and John Chpter 10)

*His leading is no place beyond the reach of His hand:
"If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Thy hand will lead me, And Thy right hand will lay hold of me." Psalm 139:9-10 (Read Vs. 7-12, better still read all of Psalm 139 and be blessed!)

*He leads steadily to the Cross:
"And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful.
And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, saying, 'Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him to the Gentiles.'" Mark 10:32-33

*He leads to the border of the unseen:
"And He led they out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. And it came to pass while He blessed them, He was parted from them and carried up into heaven." Luke 24:50-51

We have the promised Holy Spirit who is with us always to lead, guide, reveal, convict and convince! For Jesus Himself said of the Holy Spirit:
"And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth..." John 14:16-17

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things..." John 14:27

"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak and He will disclose to you what is to come." John 16:10

Let us, therefore, be teachable with the eyes of our understanding focused on our Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent God. Imagine! He, the Holy One, so loved that He gave His Son that we may be members of His family!
How awesome! With humble and grateful hearts we say, "Thank You Lord!"
Amen